using Notepad++ with Access VBA

I saw a post the other day by Micheal concerning using Notepad++ as a text editor. Is it possible to integrate such an editor into Access (2007) in place of the existing editor and does NP++ support VBA ie syntax /variable checking, etc. (looks to support VB). While I think the current editor is pretty good there are some places it could be better.
Thanks
Brian

While Notepad++ can be very helpful, it is NOT an Integrated Development
Environment (IDE), and it doesn't have anything equivalent to Intellisense
(the automatic display of valid code selections). It doesn't keep track of
variable names or procedure names.

And unfortunately, the IDE in Access and other Office programs isn't nearly
as sophisticated as Visual Studio. It might well be possible to integrate
Notepad++ into VS (although I don't see any real advantage there), because
VS2005 or 2008 exposes a framework that enables developers to add components
easily, but the Office applications don't.

Of course, you CAN do development targeting the Office applications in
Visual Studio. There's a set of extensions to VS explicitly for Office
Automation and Office Development. That provides the use of all the tools in
the Visual Studio IDE.

Thinking about this question, I wonder if Eclipse could be worked into a decent IDE for Office apps. I wouldn't want to take on the task but I wonder if one was willing if it could be done. I recall reading about a project to make it VS friendly (given the ease of Reflection in the .NET framework). Just no idea how hard it would be in Office.

Thanks Micheal and John
Sounds like there may not be that significant an advantage to using another editor. I do have VS2008 but haven't used it enough to be very conversant. It would probably slow me down more than help. I think I will take another look at it though to see if it's worth while.
thanks again

Hi, here are a few articles I've enjoyed reading on the subject. The Visual Studio Tools for Office may be the ticket for those who want to use VS to develop for MS Office. The first article in the list explains how to install VS, VSTO, etc. to do Office development.

I only spent about 10 minutes looking at Notepad yesterday but it seems very similar to the SciTE editor. SciTE has basic functionality for altering syntax highlighting. I find it very good for working with file formats NOT supported by the IDE's as well as taking a quick look at a file without loading the IDE.